Its second half of March and temperature in last few days have been around the early 30's but today s different. There is a freezing chill about the air today and it windy. The wind too is pretty strong. Temperature must be in high single digit number, but wind chill is there and it feels close to freezing. Folks in Delhi/NCR who know me would know that I rarely wear woolens in Delhi. Here I was in Neck Tie, Blazer and could feel the wind chill.
All this could mean just one thing, a sand storm is on the way. From what I get these storms can be pretty Nasty. They can last from a few hour to a few days at times, reducing visibility, making particulate matter in atmosphere rise. Folks have difficulty in breathing during this time. By afternoon, we had strict instructions both from Office and Hotel, not to leave the buildings without face masks.
We were in office for a meeting at that time and our executive brought masks for everyone, in meantime the situation with sand was becoming worse. Visibility had become low and it difficult to breathe outside without taking large quantities of sand. Thankfully this was a passing one and did not hold up, things had started to get better after a few hours, but would still take over a day for all the dust to settle down.
Anyways, that is one thing you can only feel in arid desert land. Lets see what tomorrow brings.
All this could mean just one thing, a sand storm is on the way. From what I get these storms can be pretty Nasty. They can last from a few hour to a few days at times, reducing visibility, making particulate matter in atmosphere rise. Folks have difficulty in breathing during this time. By afternoon, we had strict instructions both from Office and Hotel, not to leave the buildings without face masks.
We were in office for a meeting at that time and our executive brought masks for everyone, in meantime the situation with sand was becoming worse. Visibility had become low and it difficult to breathe outside without taking large quantities of sand. Thankfully this was a passing one and did not hold up, things had started to get better after a few hours, but would still take over a day for all the dust to settle down.
Anyways, that is one thing you can only feel in arid desert land. Lets see what tomorrow brings.
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